whisper

Chinese whispers

1. A game played between a group of people in which a story or message is told by one person in secret to another, who then retells it to the next, and so on, with the resulting end message usually differing widely (and often amusingly) from the original. It can be considered a pejorative term, so discretion is advised. Primarily heard in UK. Chinese whispers is a great game—it's always hilarious to see what the last person has interpreted by the end!

2. Any information or gossip that has been spread and retold by multiple parties, thus obfuscating, distorting, or exaggerating the original information. A somewhat pejorative term, it takes its name from the party game described above. Primarily heard in UK. The firm's CEO denounced the rumors of impending layoffs as being nothing more than Chinese whispers.It's a common occurrence that sensationalist news headlines devolve into Chinese whispers, thus leading a large number of people to accept misinformation as fact.

whisper sweet nothings

To murmur words of affection to someone in a flirtatious manner. These words may be genuine or less serious. My ex-boyfriend used to whisper sweet nothings to me and then sneak out with his mistress later!At the prom, I watched all the couples around me whispering sweet nothings to each other as they danced.

whisper sweet nothings in (one's) ear

To murmur words of affection to someone in a flirtatious manner. These words may be genuine or less serious. My ex-boyfriend used to whisper sweet nothings in my ear and then sneak out with his mistress later!

whispering campaign

The spread of rumors, with the intent of damaging a person's reputation The whispering campaign that the opposition has launched against me is just awful! I haven't done any of the things they've claimed!I'm always skeptical of the terrible allegations that come out in these whispering campaigns.

whisper something around

stage whisper

A whisper loud enough to be overheard, as in Our three-year-old behaved beautifully at the ceremony, but then he asked in a stage whisper, "Why does that lady have blue hair?" This expression alludes to an actor's whisper on stage, which is meant to be heard by the audience. [Mid-1800s]

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Based on the novel by Nicholas Evans, Redford starred as a cowboy, pictured above , dedicating his life to calming wild horses using the whispering techniques of John Rarey, the original horse whisperer.

Collaboration between Whispering Pines/Clinton Indian Band and the Greater Kamloops Motor Cycle Association (GKMC) resulted in a three-day motocross event that delivered jumps, bumps, thrills and spills on May 18 and opened the new Whispering Pines Moto Cross Track.

Moma tried to prepare me as best she could, shuffling between the stove and refrigerator, her slippers whispering on the linoleum; wearing that pink quilted housecoat with the stuffing poking out the elbows.

That said, Clare Balding's early reference to horse whispering tended to perpetuate the myth (popularised by the film The Horse Whisperer) that 'whispering' is, in any way, part of the type of work that Kelly Marks was doing.

7 /PRNewswire/ -- Whispering Winds Catholic Conference Center today announced it has established an Emergency Relief Fund to begin rebuilding after experiencing major losses from the devastating Cedar fire that hit Julian last week.

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